Miguel Cabrera: Triple Crown, First in 45 Years. A Nation Collectively Yawns.

Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams … and now, Miguel Cabrera. The Detroit Tigers 3B finished the season with a .330 batting average, 44 homers, 139 RBI, leading the American League in each category to capture the Triple Crown. It’s the first time anyone has done that in baseball since 1967.

Impressive feat, right? Except nobody outside of Detroit seems to care. Is it because Cabrera isn’t universally loved by the media? Is it because of the sport’s shift away from traditional stats and to Sabermetrics?